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VOL.6 AHOSKIE, N. C., JULY 23. 1915. ? . NQ27
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Tate Machinery 4 Supply Co.,
UtUetea, N. C.
MACHINERY SPECIALISTS
Everything in Machinery and Supplier
Dr. C. G Powell
DENTIST
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OVER S.J. Dtt-DAVS STORE
AHOSKIE. N. C.
Wlnborne ta Wlnborne
Benj. B. Winbprne
Stanley Winborne
Attorneye-at-Law
MURFREBSBORO, N. C.
Phone. No. 17 and 21. >
Edgar Thomas Snipes
Attorn?y-at-Law
Loana Negotiated
Real Eatate Bought and SoldJ
Office: 2nd Floor J. W. Godwin. Jr. Bldg
AHOSKIE. N. C.
R. R. ALLEN
llealer In
8ASH. DOORS. BLINDS. WINDOW
GLASS. HARDWARE. PAINTS
AND BUILDING MATERIALS
GENERALLY
Whoteaale and Retail
Re. *27 Washington Square
Hl'FKOI.K. VA.
bash. doors. hardware,
paints. lime, cement. sewer
pipe. cart materiau mill
supplies. stoves. ranges
and etc. close prices.
mail orders solicited
and oblige.
E. L. FOLK CO.
No. MI7-9IB Waahla*loa Square
SL'FI'OLK.VA.
W. W. ROGERS
AttonMy-tt-Uw
Prompt Attention Given to All
Bulneaa.
C. Wallace Joaes
Attorney and Counselor-At-L?w ?
winton. n. c.
Practice in all courts. Loan* negotiat
ed. Seeeial attention to eolleetioo*.
Located in Bank of Winton
O. L. THOMAS
general contractor and
builder
Plane and Specification* furniihed upon
application
Cement and Tile Work
Brick Work a Specialty
ahoskie. n. c.;
Roswell C- Brldfler
Attorney-at-Law
winton. n. c.
J. R. EVANS
Practical Tin Roofer and Sheet
j Metal Worker
. Prices Right.
MURFREESBORO. N. C.
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FRANK G. TAYLOE
Notary Public
Ahoskie, Nokth Carolina.
J. L. PARKER
County Sureyor?Road Engineer
< and Draftsman.
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Office with W. W. Rogers,
Ahoskie, N. C.
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Walter R. Johnson
Attornitt at Law
Ahoskik, North Carolina
Practices wherever service* desired
Imi It. I til rittr Mtr lillliig
O. ;j. NEWBERNr
Agent v
FoRd Actomobh.iw,
Aboskie. N. C.
Buy now and get $50.00 rebate.
DR. CHAS. J. SAWYER
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Diseases \if the eye, ear, nose
and throat, including the fitting
?of glasses,
Windsor, N. C.
Office Hours?9 to 18?8 to 6,
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Public Spirit iu Practice.
Dr. Matt R. Stephenson Type ol
Health Official Every
Couaty Need*
Dr. Matt B. Stephenson of Sea
board, Northampton County, a
member of the county board ol
health, i* rendering hi* people a
aervice long to be remembered.
He championed the progrea* and
auccea* of the anti-typhoid cam
paigh that ia now being conducted
in hi* county and ia giving valu
able cooperation and aaaiatance to
Dr. H. W. Lewis, physician in
Charge.
At the beginning of the cam
paign,. Dr. Stephenaon put at the
disposal of the dispensary force the
Use of his own car, equipDed with
a chauffer, for the mere running
expense* of the car. As the cam
paign progressed and -more terri
tory was embraced. Dr. Stephen
son saw the situation and im
mediately met it by purchasing a
Ford and turning it over to the
use of the doctors.
And, be it said. Dr. Stephenson
is not rendering material aid alone.
The first day of the campaign's
operation at the doctor's home
found him in bis car visiting coun
try homes and country people, as
well as those of his little town,
carrying the message of typhoid
prevention and telling the story of
anti-typhoid vaccine. As a result
of bis vigorous enthusiasm and
time given to this cause over a
thousand |ieople took the treat
ment that day. The County's pro
gress has been good accordingly
ever since. As a matter of fact.
Northampton has vaccinated a
greater per cent, of her population
than any other of the five counties.
Such publico spirit is what
every county need and such a
health official is a type of what
every county board of health
should have. The death rate is
bound to drop in Northampton and
in every othercounty where health
matters are backed by such nag
nanimous spirits.
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'Grain' Alcohol from Wood A
DnPont Feat.
ProceM Developed at Coet of 9100,
000; Meana Ecoaomy in
Powder Nakia|.
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Pennsgrove, N. J., July 19?
"Grain" alcohol made from wood
and 99 per cent. pure.
Thin feat in chemistry haa been
accomplished by the DuPont Pow
der Company and the liquid re
sulting from the formula is being
used in the manufacture of smoke
less powder at Carney's Point
plants of the company near here.
Not only does the alcohol re
suiting from this process contain
all the qualities of chemically pure
alcohol, but the company has
found that 75 per cent, of the
liquid can be recovered after be
ing passed through the powder
mixture. Experiments resulting
in this discovery, officials here
declare, cost tho company more
than $100,000.
The United States government,
which has big ammunition con
tracts with the DuPont company,
it is said, will benefit by millions
annually.,by the invention, which
it has adopted for use in govern
ment powder factories. The pro
cess. patents for which are held
by the DuPont company, has been
presented to the government in
effort to cheapen the coet of pro
ducing powder.?Ledger Dispatch.
BOARD OF EOUlUZlCTION
The Board of Equilization. cum.
posed of Weinberg of the"Rrf?rd ol
County Commissioners and County
Supervisor, mat in Winton Mon
day of last week to equalize the
property in the county. Some few
change* were made in property
listed in the coubty.
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Locality Without Microbes.
Not a microbe exist* In mountain
Or above the height oC Mft f**C
What Are Yob Doing To Boost
, The Sootb?
The railroad* are spending
thousands of dollars annually in
advertising the resources of the
( Southern States.
? The Atlantic Coast Line Agri
cultural Department is again put
ting up an exhibit of farm pro
ducts. vegetables, fruits, tobacco,
cotton, grains and forage of all
kinds, grown in Virgina. North
and South Carolina, Georgia,
Florida and Alabama, to be shown
this summer and faH at a number
of the large fairs in the States of
New York, Pennsylvania, West
Virginia and Maryland, in sections
not so favored by nature, climati
cally, as is "The Nation's Garden
Spot."
A representative of the Agricul
tural Department of the Atlantic
Coast Line has just returned from
a trip through the East and North
where space was contracted for at
eight mammoth fairs, and be re
ports great interest manifested and
that the exhibit will be viewed by
several hundred thousand people.
Handtume illustrated literature
descriptive of the the resources of
the States of Virginia, North and
South Carolina, Georgia, Florida
and Alabama, will be freely dis
tributed.
This kind of advertising has real
educational value. It reaches the
people, and it should result in
bringing many^ood homeseekers'
into our midst.
Won't You Help?
The success of the undertaking
will, in a measure.'depend upon
the co-operation received from the
farmers, and others interested in
agriculture. If you raise or know
of anyone raising products suitable
for this exhibit, such as native
forage, alfalfa, corn, tobacco,
small grains, good samples of
fruits and vegetables, etc.,you can
help by communicating with the
Agricultural and Immigration De
partment of the Atlantic Coast
Line Railroad Company, Wilming'
ton, N. C.
A large express car will be re
quired to transport the exhibit.
Time of departue from Wilming
ton. N. C., about August 15th.
Keeping Cool.
How to Keep Cool ia Summer.
Tlie gentle art of keeping cool is
not to be despised these days.
Here are just a few little hints
which, while they won't make the
thermometer register 65 or 7(Tin
stead of 95 or 100, will go a long,
long way toward mitigating one's
personal suffering.
First of all, keep the organs of
elimination, especially the bowels,
working- easily and frequently.
Do this by eating fruits and vege
tables, leaving off meats and pas
tries. and by drinking lots of cool
(ndt ted cold) water and buttermilk
instead of coffee.
.. Dress right. Wear palm beach
clothes if possible, and wear as
little as the law of the land will
allow. That's mighty little these
days?equal rights for men. In
the words' of the wag, we are
"sorry for some of the ladies in
summer, for a few of them don't
have much left to take off."
Build that sleeping porch now
that you have been thinking about
so long. You'll enjoy it so much
you will want to use it the year
round. In the old fashioned closed
in houses, our electric fan on low
speed is a delight these hot nights
in the bed rooms.
. I^ast of 4II don't worry. fret, or
get cross and vexed. Keep sweet.
Ddn'l try to do as much physical
work as at other times. Manage
to do as much of your work in the
shade as possible. Keep on very
' intimate terms with the bath tub
1 and forget the weather. \Don't
' talk about it. Give that sfibject a
' rest. The other fellow will thank
you for It.
Warranty Deeds for saie at the
Herald office 25c- the dozen
Hertford County.
Effort Beiag Made for More Coarfor
table School Buildinfs.
One of the moat vital iseuea be
fore the people of North Carolina
now ia the great question as to
what we must do with our young
people. Hundreds and thouaanda
of our young people heretofore
have not had the opportunity of
auch education aa ia required in
order to prepare our great middle
claaa and the neglected class for
the coming duties of citizenship in
North Carolina.
I am familiar with the condi
tions in the schools of this section
of North Carolina. We have been
making an effort for some years
in this section of the State to bet
ter the conditions of schools and
the conditions of school bouses.
Some of the school houses are' in
reasonably good condition. Some
are not in auch condition as to be
comfortable for the pupils, special
ly in bad and chilling weather. A
few of our school houses have
been erected within the past three
or four years and these are in good
condition for the comfort of the
pupils in cold weather.
There are 34 school houses for
our wlnte children. These houses,
a few of them, -are in such condi
tion as to be quite uncomfortable
m very bad, cold weather. We
are doing our best to remedy
these conditions and to make our
school children as comfortable as
we can for health and the ability
to study and learn. The negro
schools have 34 school houses.
There are twice as many negro
children, according to the census
of negro children, as there are of
white children in white schools.
A much larger number of the
blacks attend their schools than do
the while children. This ia so
because the children of tlie negro
race are, except a. few, keen to
learn according to their ability,
and most pf them take advantage
of every opportunity they have in
order to better their condition in
learning. As a rule the majority
of the colored people do not learn
as well as the majority of the
white people.
I have many friends among the
white children and 1 encourage
these to do alj they can to make
good and efficient citizens for our
State.
I also have many friends among
the colored children. I encourage
the colored race to strive to make
themselves good and efficient
citizens for our State. May God
help every citizen, white and
colored, to make the best of him
self possible.
John C. Scarborough, Sunt.
Winton, N. C.
(The above article is taken from
Annual Education Edition of The
News and Observer of July 19th.
Thinking same will be of interest
to our readers we take pleasure in
copying the article in full.?Ed.)
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Hail Carriers Pledge Support to
President.
Lynchburg, Vs., July 19.?The
State convention of Virginia Rural
Letter Carriers' Association, after
selecting Danville as the next place
of meeting, elected the following
officers: President, C- F. Coffman,
of Maurertown; vice-president, C.
D. Diggs, of Cumberland county;
secretary - treasurer. W. A.
Showalter, Harrisonburg; chap
lain, R. F. Roadcap, of Ooshen;
Chairman good road committee,
W. L. Hammersley, of Randolph;
delegates to the national conven
tion, C. F. Coffpan, at large, and
A. W.'Burfort, Fentree: W. A.
Showalter, of Harrisonburg; alter
nates, H. C. Amele, of Buena
Vista; T, P. Smith, of Ghatbam.
The convention by resolution
pledged its support to President
Wilson anent the European wai
situation and memorialized the
Virginia Congressmen to work foi
i a iaw to provide for Federal etc
for gpod roads.?Ledger Dispatch
William Patrick Taylor.
William Prtrick Taylor, aon o
Hilary Taylor aud wife Nancj
(Nowell) Taylor, was born ii
Mill Neck, Hertford County, N
C.. on the 10th, day of-Marcl
1843. He died in the city ol
Norfolk, Va., a patient in a hos
pital, July 13th, 1915.
In February 1866 he marriec
Miaa Sallie M. Mitchell. dauglitei
of William W. Mitchell. His wife
predeceased him by nearly foui
years bavins died July 81st 1911,
He left the folio wins children:
Mra. Stella Clark, Arthur and
Henry Taylor. Mr. Taylor's edu
cation was limited to the local
schools of his neighborhood and
the Harrellaville Academy, which
was justly famed for its excellence.
Jn this latter institution he be
came well grounded >u the ele
mentary studies. In September
1861 he enlisted in company G.
31st. Regiment of North Carolina
Troops and was Cor|?ormI of that
Company. For the first two
years of the war most of his ser
vices was in North Carolina, but
in the spring and summer of 1863
he was in active service at and
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tember 1863 he was elected Second
Lieutenant of Company A. 68th
Kesri meat, and on the 18th, of May
1864 he was advanced to the posi
tion of First Lieutenant. He was
in the battles of Kinston and Ben
tonsvilie. As a soldier be was
faithful to every duty, strict in
obedience, but he inspired the con
fidence of his men by his hearty
cooperation with them in making
their army life more bearable. He
etEne out of the army with his
honor and his manhood unimpair
ed and with a bold determination
to build for himself a name worthy
of the people among whom he was
raised and who later on bestowed
on him their confidence and esteem,
lie^was one of the best business
men in HertfortCounty, managing
large business affairs with ease
and rare good judgement. His ad
vice was often sought on business
subjects by men of large affairs.
In 1893, a year of political unrest
and doubt, the Democratic party
of Hertford County unanimously
turned to him and named him as
its candidate for the Legislature.
He spoke to the people from every
stump and told them how he would
stand upon every questiun. He
united a party rent asunder and
was elected to the General Assem
bly by a large majority. In this
body he took high rank as a wise
Legislator, especially in dealing
with matters relating to taxation
and business. .Again in 1911, at
the request of a majority of the
Democrats of his county expressed
in a primary he was the candidate
of his party for a seat in, the Gen
eral Assemby and was elected
practically without opposition. In
this session of the General Assem
bly he was faithful to his irust and
took high rank as a wise, conserve'
live leader.
Since his early manhood Mr.
Taylor was.a consitent member of
the Baptist Church, faithful to its
teachings and generous to its in
stitutions. In his will written
shortly before his death he donated
$1000.00 to the Thomasville Or
phanage, the special care of the
Baptists of North Carolina. He
was not willing to close his eyes in
death without leaving a portion of
his possessions to that noble work.
For many years he was a trustee
of Chowan College, prompt in at
tendance upon all of its -meetings
and wise in the conduct of the
affairs of that noble institution.
Here too his heart was touched by
noble endeavor for young women
and he remembered this institution
with a gift of $4000.00. In these
two particulars he has set the well
to do Baptist of this Chowan
country a worthy example.
As a citizen Mr. Taylor was
patriotic and progressive. I recall
in this connection that the last
work he did before going to the
hospital was to build a nice brick
post Office for his home town.
Mr. Taylor was a generous man,
giving to all needy cauaes. He
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bills, and tbey discourage extravagant habits
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Winton, N. C
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grain, hay and feed of all kinds,
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